DIARIES WELL WORTH READING

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	"The first in a series of diaries by the former MP, Alan Clark - 1972-82"

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	"The second in the series; covers the years 1983-92"

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	"The last in the series; covers the years 1993-99, the year of Clark's death"

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	"Sir Henry 'Chips' Channon's diary covers the years 1934-53; Channon, as an MP during this period, also enjoyed access to the 'privileged' social and political circles of the prewar era"

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	"Greville's diary covers the period 1815 to 1860; he knew royalty and had contacts with the movers and shakers of the Regency and early Victorian Eras"

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	"One of the great 20th century political diaries; covers the years 1919 to 1964"

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	"Former PM Harold MacMillan's diary; covering the years 1950-57"

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	"The diary of Duff Cooper, socialite, diplomat, and former Ambassador to France; covering the years 1915-51"

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	"The war diaries of Lord Alanbrooke, chief military aide to Winston Churchill; covers the years 1939-45"

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	"The diaries of Edwina Currie, former MP and 'controversial' Health Minister in the Thatcher government; covers the years 1987-92; Currie revealed herself to be John Major's secret lover"

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	"one of the most famous diaries the world over: 'Pepys's quotidian journal of life in Restoration London' sheds considerable light on the intrigues, politics, and mores of the era"

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	"a testament to the resilience of the human spirit when threatened by an oppressive government and ideology in time of war"

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	"Diaries of a young Dutchwoman, Etty Hillesum, covering the years 1941-43; Hillesum was sent to Auschwitz"

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	"Journals and letters of novelist and playwright Frances Burney (1752-1840); chronicling her experiences in London high society thru internment in France with her husband during the Napoleonic Wars"

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	"Diary of Robin Cook, formerly Tony Blair's Foreign Secretary; sheds light on the devious means by which the U.S., with British support, invaded Iraq in March 2003"

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	"Provides personal perspectives of the first year of the Second World War in Britain (August 1939 - late 1940)"

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	"Five diarists give their impressions of Britain as it evolved from war to peace between 1945 and 1948"